Terms of Use

Products From New Zealand Ltd, trading as Creating Design Clarity (“we”, “us”). Last updated: [date]

These terms apply when you use creatingdesignclarity.co.nz and our related websites, including our free resources, quiz, videos and downloads. By using our website, you agree to them. Please read them alongside our Privacy Policy and Website Disclaimer.

If you enrol in our course, our Financial Policies & Programme Terms also apply, and they take priority over these terms where the two differ.

1. Who we are

Creating Design Clarity is a New Zealand home design education business founded by Kristina Cope. We help homemakers discover their design personality and prepare a clear design brief before they renovate, build or hire a professional. Our business is run by Products From New Zealand Ltd, 19 Manapau Street, Meadowbank, Auckland 1072, New Zealand.

2. Using our website

You’re welcome to browse, read, share links to and learn from our website. When you use it, please don’t:

  • use it for anything unlawful, fraudulent or harmful;
  • try to gain unauthorised access to it, damage it or disrupt it;
  • introduce viruses, malware or other harmful code;
  • copy or collect content from it in bulk, whether by hand or with automated tools, to republish it or build a competing product;
  • use it to send spam or unsolicited advertising.

3. Our content and intellectual property

The text, images, videos, workboards, quiz, books, downloads and course materials on our website are owned by us or used with permission, and are protected by copyright.

Names such as Your Unique Home Design Personality®, Austin Home Method®, Fearless Happy Homemakers® and the names of our workboards are our trade marks. Please don’t use them for your own products or services, or in a way that suggests we endorse you.

What you can do:

  • share links to any page on our website;
  • quote short extracts, as long as you credit Creating Design Clarity and link back to the page;
  • download our free resources and books for your own personal, non-commercial use.

For anything else, such as republishing our content, using it in a course, presentation or publication, or using our research figures commercially, please ask us first. We’re often happy to help.

4. Our free quiz

Our free quiz identifies your homemaker project personality: the way you tend to approach home projects. It doesn’t identify your design style or colour preferences; those are discovered inside our course. Your quiz result is general guidance, not professional advice.

When you take the quiz, we ask for your email address so we can send you your result and a series of follow-up emails with ideas suited to your project personality. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email. Our Privacy Policy explains how we look after your information.

5. Comments and messages

If you comment on our website or social media, or send us a message, please keep it respectful and lawful. We may remove comments that are abusive, misleading, spam or off-topic. Please don’t post personal information you wouldn’t want to be public.

If you send us feedback or ideas, we may use them to improve what we do. We’ll ask your permission before we publish your name, photo or story.

We link to other websites, such as building.govt.nz, councils, suppliers and professional bodies, because we think they’re useful. We don’t control those sites and aren’t responsible for their content, products or privacy practices. Please read their terms before using them.

7. Accounts

Some areas of our website, such as the course and member community, need a login. If you have an account, please keep your login details secure and let us know straight away if you think someone else has used them.

8. Website availability

We work to keep our website running smoothly, but we can’t promise it will always be available or free of errors. We may update, change or remove content at any time.

9. Information and liability

Our website offers general education, not professional, building or legal advice. Our Website Disclaimer explains this in more detail, including where our research figures come from.

To the extent the law allows, we aren’t liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of our website or its free content.

Your rights under New Zealand law

Nothing in these terms limits any rights you have under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 or the Fair Trading Act 1986.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. When we do, we’ll change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. If you keep using our website after a change, the updated terms apply.

11. New Zealand law

These terms are governed by New Zealand law, and the New Zealand courts have jurisdiction over any dispute about them.

12. Contact us